Is anyone from one direction gay
Harry Styles: ‘I’m not just sprinkling in sexual ambiguity to be interesting’
Here he comes, one of the planet’s most conspicuous young men, stepping out of the London drizzle and into a dusty suburban pub. If there was an old vinyl record player in the place it would scratch still. Instead, the two-dozen punters turn hushed and intent, as if a unicorn has just trotted in off the street, and nobody wants to scare it off. “That’s frickin’ Harry frickin’ Styles,” whispers a young man at the bar, “in this pub.” The pop star is asked what he wants to consume and in a voice already inclined to undertones, inaudibly orders a cup of tea.
A former teen star who is now 25, a happier and rockier solo musician since his boyband One Direction split a few years ago, Styles has hidden himself inside a large, swamp-green parka. He’s high, around the 6ft mark, and carries himself with a slight stoop. If Styles could only do something about his appearance from the neck up (elfin brow, large Joker smile, a face that’s recognisable across multiple continents) you sense he could drink in pubs like this anonymously enough. As it is, cover blown, he removes the parka. A woolly jumper beneath has a pictu
What if, in 2012, one of the One Direction boys decided to tell the world he was gay? Would his umpteen million devoted female fans hold the news OK? That is the question I asked Lance Bass during an interview on my SiriusXM show, The Six Pack.
"I actually think they would," Bass said, without hesitating. "The younger generation is way smarter than we were. They're way more perceptive, and they just don't care. ... Support then there was no way in hell I would arrive out."
These are bold words coming from Bass, practically the founding father of the yes-I'm-gay pop-star narrative. Bass is a veteran of the boy-band machine, which has experienced a major resurgence since the rise of the UK's One Direction and The Wanted. In 2006, four years after *NSYNC announced its plans to go on hiatus, he finally came out publicly, appearing on the cover of People Magazine with the headline "I'M GAY."
Have minds and perceptions really changed as quickly as Bass believes? If 1D's Harry or Zayn or Louis or Niall or Liam (did I forget any?) were actually to come out, would they be welcomed with open arms, both by their fans and the industry they've revitalized?
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Louis Tomlinson responds to report gay sex rumors broke up One Direction
In a city known for its happy hour culture, summer can be an even better time to take advantage of post-work drink and eat deals. Interns are in town, summer Fridays are in full swing, and patios and rooftops are aplenty. Here are a few prime, non-comprehensive spots for an afternoon deal with besties, colleagues, and new connections.
Alfreda. Dupont’s Alfreda, a tribute to the chef’s grandmother, offers relaxed pizza and traditional Italian eats. The happy hour runs Monday-Friday 4-6 p.m., featuring $8 spritzes and BOGO pizzas. Few do spritzes like the Italians, and Alfreda leans in on five kinds plus one N/A spritz; our go-to is the rose and mezcal with grapefruit or the locally made Don Ciccio limoncello spritz with basil.
Lyle’s. Especially leaning into the spritz side of summer is at Lyle’s, fully embracing the fizzy ephemera of the season with the Summer of Spritz. The Dupont Circle hotel restaurant imagines cocktails from France, Italy, Spain, and Portugal. Spritzes main attraction limoncello and vinho verde. For those that hit Lyle’s every week during the spritz special—and get a literal stam
Drugs, meltdowns and 'gay sex' rumours - how 'rivalry and hatred' tore One Direction apart
On what would have been One Direction's nine-year anniversary, we grab a look back at the rows and battles that broke them
11:16, 23 Jul 2019Updated 11:20, 23 Jul 2019
This time nine years ago, five teenage boys' dreams were in tatters after being rejected from the X Factor .
But determined not to let a good-looking gang go to waste, performance boss Simon Cowell and his genius decided to put solo hopefuls Niall Horan, Zayn Malik, Liam Payne, Harry Styles and Louis Tomlinson together.
It took the lads just five minutes to agree to his plan and possess another crack at the competition - this hour in the groups category.
They would go on to be one of the most successful boybands of the century, selling out stadiums and dominating the charts for five years before splitting in an explosion of bitterness and animosity.
But with no trial of harmonies, group singing or even each other, even then Liam wondered what they were really getting into.